Title: Richard Grayson, the Boy Wonder
Authoress: StarryTian
Summary: Robin saved Kori Anders. But when she has to choose between her best friend, Richard Grayson and the Boy Wonder, who will she pick? And little does she know that Richard IS Robin. . .
Discalimer: I do not own the Teen Titans and I don't really want to. Whoever owns them right now is doing a FATASTIC and INCREDIBLE job at it!
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Dedication: strodgfrgf! (Hehe, nice penname! I like it!)
Kori waited for the phone to pick up, idly twirling a strand of hair as she stared out the window. Robin… just came… for her. That's saying something, considering that he was probably always busy with all the superhero responsibilities and other stuff.
"Hi, this is Richard Grayson's cell phone. I'm not here right now, so please leave a message and I'll call you back as soon as—AHHH! KORI! WHAT'RE YOU—"
Still holding the phone to her ear, Kori laughed out loud as a memory arose, but then quickly 'eeped' when she remembered that Ryan was sleeping. The memory featured Kori sneaking up behind Richard, who was so conveniently recording his message, and pouncing on him. After laughing their heads off, they listened to the tape; but when she tried to delete it, Richard merely shook his head and insisted that he liked it better that way.
"To page this person, press five. Please leave a message after the—"
Kori hung up and tried again, bouncing on her bed and then laid down on it. After listening to the same message again, worry slowly crept into her. Where was he? She frowned and stared at the phone, as if it had somehow to do with the disappearance of Richard. Usually, he would've already picked up the phone by now, and they would be happily chatting away. What had happened to him?
Reminiscing about him and Kori's conversation, Robin smiled though his helmet and sped up a bit more to accent on his happy mood. He hazardously turned a corner and was just straightening up when he heard his cell phone ring. Funny people, teenagers. You yell at them to clean their room, but they don't hear, you give them a death glare, but they don't see, but they can still hear their cell phone ringing over the loud hum of a motorcycle.
Robin reached into his utility belt, keeping the other hand steady on the handle of the motorcycle, and lit up as he saw the caller was Kori. He was just about to pick up when he realized that he wasn't even allowed to bring his cell phone when he was Robin. Ugh. Looking anywhere but his cell phone, Robin was thoroughly trying to ignore the ring tone, and decided to keep his eyes on the street. He was almost at the Wayne Mansion anyway, so why pick up?
This proved hard to do, given that Kori called a second time. He debated quietly among his conscience (Robin) and the part that wanted to talk to Kori (Richard). In the end, Robin won, saying that he had already broken the rule of talking about villains to strangers.
'But Kori's not a stranger,' Richard argued.
'So?' Robin retorted, reaching for his cell phone when Kori called for the third time.
But Richard wouldn't give up that easily. 'You know it's wrong to break rules!'
'Yeah, but---hey, whose side are you on?'
'Mine.'
It was losing battle, and no matter how much Robin looked at it, he couldn't bring himself to ignore Kori, given that both Robin and Richard were on his side now…wait, what? Robin shrugged and flipped his phone open.
"Hey, Kor!" he greeted over the rushing wind.
"Hello Richard! You will never guess what happened! Robin just came to visit me!" she gushed at once.
"Uh, that's great!"
"What? I cannot hear you! Speak up!"
"I SAID THAT'S GREAT!"
"Please repeat your words! Where are you? It is so noisy!"
"Oh, I'M…UH…BLOWDRYING MY HAIR!"
"Mmhmm! Does not matter! Robin just came! And he and I bonded!"
"WHAT? YOU BONDED?"
"SPEAK UP, RICHARD! I CANNOT HEAR YOU!"
"YOU. BONDED?"
"Yes! It was so romantic!… oh—in a friendly way, of course!"
Robin seethed. How can you bond in a romantic-friendly way? His hands gripped the handles so hard he thought he heard them snap underneath his green gloves.
'I swear, I'm gonna kill him! As soon as I get home, I'm going to HUNT HIM DOWN, find out where he lives, then tear him from limb to limb until there's nothing left and then—'
He stopped short when his mind produced an image of himself tearing…well, himself into pieces. Robin winced. Not good.
Kori gasped as she thought of what she said, and instantly regretted it. Romantic? Oh no… Richard was going to get the wrong idea.
"I'M GLAD YOU GUYS… BONDED!" she heard him shout over the phone, although the last word sounded a bit high-pitched.
"Oh no—it was not that!" she hastily amended. "It was merely friendship, do not worry!"
"Oh. That's good news!" Kori thought she heard an audible sigh from the other side, although that was the only thing she heard.
"What?"
"NEVERMIND, I'LL MEET YOU AT SCHOOL TOMARROW!"
"Okay! Goodnight, Richard!"
"GOODNIGHT, KORI!"
Kori hung up, happy to hear the Richard was still okay; but she couldn't help but think that Richard could have picked a better time to dry his hair.
The last week of school was pretty uneventful for everybody else, but for Kori, it was a living nightmare. All the girls were constantly bombarding her with questions about Robin, and Kori had half a mind to tell them to leave her alone, although it was against her naturally sweet nature. Even Kitten and Terra had asked her a couple of questions.
What's worse, it seemed to be that Kori was getting sick. Her eyes couldn't focus well, her throat was aching and she was constantly sneezing all the time. Raven assured her it was no big deal and told her it was just a common cold; but, Kori thought, if that was the case, then she felt like she had the worst cold in the history of colds.
"No way! You like, met Robin?" Kitten gushed one afternoon at lunch. It was the last day of school (a Friday, to be exact) and she believed that a little talk with the lower class people couldn't hurt her 'high social status'. As usual, Terra and the other Kitten-wannabes flocked around her.
Kori groaned, having heard this questions too many times that she lost count. The first couple of days were great, and Kori admitted that she enjoyed the attention, but it was getting a little old now.
"Um… yes."
Kitten looked around at her group and smirked. "Soo…" she said slyly, pushing a piece of paper and a pencil towards her. "Can you get his number?"
"My apologies, I do not have his phone number," Kori said blandly, ending her comment with a sneeze.
"C'mon!" Kitten urged, trying not to look disgusted. "You've seen him, right?"
Kori nodded and took a bite of her macaroni and cheese, resisting the urge to sneeze again.
"So… how could you NOT get his number?"
"Is it necessary to ask a male for his phone number once you meet him?" Kori asked, rubbing her eyes.
Kitten stared at her, and then gestured to the group behind her.
"DUUU-UHH!" they chorused, completing their remark with a set of eye rolls.
"I am sorry, I did not get his phone number," Kori repeated.
"You guys, leave her alone," Richard finally said, having to have endured just as much as Kori did.
Kitten looked at him and scoffed. "Whatever, loser." She turned her attention on Kori again. "So… was he hot?"
At this, Richard perked up and paid extra attention to Kori's reaction.
"Umm…" she giggled. "I suppose so."
"Suppose so?" Kitten looked skeptical.
"Okay, very well, he was scorching," Kori admitted with a blush.
All the girls around her, save Raven, who resisted the urge not to gag, said in unison, "OOOOOOOO…"
Richard put down his fork and felt an immense balloon filled with pride swell inside him, no matter how cliché that sounded. Hah, Kori thought he was hot! Well… she thought Robin was, but same difference.
"Mmhmm!" Kitten looked pleased with herself. "That's what I thought. Now…" She pushed Raven roughly aside and knelt down next to Kori as if she was her best friend. "Are you sure you didn't get his number? 'Cause like, I can totally understand if you don't want to give it to me, but like, are you sure?"
"Excuse me, you're in my space," Raven said dully, trying not to smash her lunch tray over Kitten's head.
Kitten ignored her and went on in a sickly sweet voice, "Kori, honey, are you sure you don't have his number?"
Kori blinked. "Um, yes, I have already established that."
Next to her, Garfield winked at Kitten and said flirtatiously, "You can have my number if you want, baby!"
"Ewwww! Gross! This loser is like, hitting on me! C'mon girls, we're getting outta here!" And with that, Kitten and the rest of them marched out of the cafeteria.
Then, Garfield and Victor burst into peals of laughter, slapping their hands and banging their heads against the table.
Raven was about to sit down when Richard took her spot, handing Kori a tissue to sneeze in. She resigned for a moment, and turned her attention to Garfield and Victor, still holding her tray steady.
"She…f-fell for that!" Victore gasped between guffaws. "Man, that was rich!"
Garfield smirked and held out a hand. "Dude, looks like you owe me some mooooo-lah!"
"Moo-lah?" Victor repeated, wrinkling his nose. "No offense but, you need to work on your slang."
"What?" he countered, pulling out a book. "I get all my slang here!"
Richard leaned across the table and read aloud, "The Complete English Language of Slang. Updated!"
"Gimme that!" Victor snatched the book away from his hands and flipped through it, stopping at a random page. "Spankin' new! What the hell is that supposed to mean?
Richard, who was still in Raven's seat, grabbed the book away from him and read the definition. "1) Very new 2) Relatively new 3) Super new… um…"
"Richard, you're in my seat," Raven said in monotone.
"HAHAHAHAHA! SPANKIN' NEW! SPANKIN' NEW!" Victor hollered. "Updated, my car!"
Blushing, Garfield took the book back and snarled, "You still owe me some money!"
"H-Here!" Victor wheezed, trying not to burst into laughter again. "I assure you, this money is SPANKIN' NEW!"
"Richard, you're in my seat," Raven repeated monotonous.
Garfield decided to take this moment of embarrassment and turn it into something else. "Hey Rae, you can sit in my seat. I've even warmed it up for you… just for you!"
Bad idea. Mixing a comment like that with an already irritated Raven wasn't a very smart thing to do.
"Richard," she seethed. "You're. In. My. Seat."
He widened his eyes and hastily clambered out of it. "Sorry!"
"Aww, dude!" Garfield looked convincingly crestfallen. "RaeRae, sit here! Whoa, what're you doing with that tray--- OWWWWWWWWWWW!"
The five best friends gathered around the front of the school and stood in a circle, trying to make the best of their time. It was probably the last time they were going to see each other, at least, for the summer.
"Oww, Rae, that hurt," Garfield whined, rubbing his head.
Raven glared at him. "Don't call me 'Rae'."
"You guys all packed for your camps?" Richard said, handing Kori another tissue.
Raven, Garfield and Victor all nodded.
"I'm sure that bump on his head is SPANKIN' NEW!" Victor added. "All the people at the Wilderness Camp will…" he broke off, laughing again.
"Hey! At least I'm not going to football camp!" Garfield defended himself, ignoring Kori's sneezes.
"Nope! Not football camp, Mechanics Camp!"
"No way! You're dad let you?"
Victor nodded. "Oh yeah. Me and pops had a discussion and…"
Richard tuned the rest of it out and turned to Raven, patting Kori on the back. "Where'r you going?"
"Meditation Camp."
Garfield stopped and looked at her, eyes wide. "NO REALLY?"
"So?"
"Well, I just didn't think—Oh, Vic, you're dad's here. See ya!"
"Bye Victor! Have a great summer!"
It was tradition; once one person left, the rest dissipated and went their ways too. A lot of 'goodbyes' and 'see ya's' were heard over Kori's sneezes. Finally, Richard and Kori were the only ones left; the only ones not going to camp.
"AHH..AH… CHOOO!" Kori sniffled pitifully and thanked Richard as he handed her another tissue.
"No problem…"
They barely had any time to talk, alone that is, since the rest of their group was always with them. He decided to bring up the topic of Robin again, hoping that Kori would compliment him even more. Inwardly grinning, Richard patted Kori on the back again and said cautiously, "So… this Robin guy…"
Kori visibly brightened. "He is wonderful! Not as wonderful as you of course, but so glorious…"
Richard groaned and cursed himself for bringing up this topic and thought that if he wasn't going to make his move soon, then Kori would be taken already… taken by Robin. He widened his eyes, completely unaware for the umpteenth time that he was Robin, and patted Kori on the back again.
"Yeah…" Oh no, he was going to do it. Richard couldn't belive that was was so … dumb as to not have seen it earlier. Come on, Kori was a young girl, a very pretty young girl at that, and if he wasn't going to make his move soon… she would be taken by Robin. He narrowed his eyes. No, not Robin. By Richard.
He looked around the campus and when he confirmed that Robin wasn't there, he decided it was the perfect time to tell her…so why not? Yes, now was the right time.
"Umm… Kori?" he said tentatively.
She sneezed and looked at him, "Yes?"
"UH, I know this is really last minute and all but…" Richard gulped and momentarily regretted his surge of boldness. "Um.. Do you want to, I dunno, go to the park with me?"
Kori rubbed her eyes and blinked. "But we do that all the time, yes?"
Richard groaned. "Ermm… no, not like that. Like a ….— ape. "
"…"
"OH WAIT, I meant date! Not ape… hehe."
"…"
"Kori?"
"…"
Suddenly, there was a squeal of pure happiness and Richard found himself on the ground, with his best friend practically sitting on top of him.
He took this as a yes.
A/N: Whoa HO HO HO! (Mhmm, Santa would be so proud of me! ) Wow, thank you guys for the reviews! I appreciate them so much! It's like the best present ever!
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About that The Complete English Language of Slang, it's true. My friends and I actually found book like that with things like, "spankin' new" and "jump the horse". Weird, but funny!
OH, and one more thing: YESSSS! ROBIN AND STARFIRE KISSED! I HAVE IT ON MY WALLPAPER! SOO CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE!
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!
Sorry, you'll just have to deal with that fact again! I just CAN'T believe it….
One more thing: Do you have any good songs that remind you of any pairing in Teen Titans? Preferably RobinxStarfire and BbxRae.
Thanks!
Over and out,
StarryTian